Week 14: Library Thing, Shelfari, Etc.

I really like Shelfari the best for the visual bookshelf it provides. I could care less about cataloging a collection, so I didn't find Library Thing that interesting for that reason. I was still amazed about all the the information I could gain through Library Thing though. I liked the Zeitgeist page, that really highlighted all the information & data you could gain through the mass nature of social cataloging. I was disappointed that Shelfari didn't have a better facebook application. While I had set this up originally, trying to install it on my facebook site this time didn't work at all. Several others had issues as well, with little response from Shelfari allowing other applications to dominate there. I also appreciated examples of libraries using goodreads to enhance the opac. I think library users would have great interest in book tools like shelfari. What great tools to expand the way people connect & interact with books and other readers.